Relationships
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Relationships
A note on companion
Understanding Others' Emotions | Lisa Feldman Barrett
youtube.comA fantastic insight by Lisa Feldman Barrett: When someone expresses anxiety, the first thing you should do is ask: do you want empathy or do you want a solution?
Will 100% use this phrase going forward.
a handshake vs. a hug ❤️
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“You can predict the long term health of a relationship by whether each cut heals to 99% or 101%.”
― Michael Mayer
On Finding Your People:
I’m told I have an unusual talent for finding wonderful people. Below is my strategy for having a rich social life in any large city
Disclaimer: This will require you acting in a way that is not normal. You may need to decide whether you want to be normal yet lonely or unusual yet connected
0. Treat it as a second job.
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It is our relationships are the most impactful in creating overall life satisfaction. Yet few of us are putting intentional effort to make sure that they actually bring a satisfaction. Most people are expecting relationships to be satisfying automatically without having to put in intentional work. All relationships go through periods of disillusionment and disappointment. You have to put intentional work into learning how to do relationships better. Your partner is not a parent wherre you simply deserve to receive love and care in a healthy relational setting. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚. Take your power and co-author your relationship. What have I left out? What will you add?
instagram.comHere are (some) steps founders can take to get reporters to write about their companies (a thread). (Caveat: this thread is not exhaustive and really applies only to me)
In other words, siblings are forced together, and then suddenly they’re not. The independence of adulthood—when proximity is no longer required and the obligations lessen—creates opportunities for siblings to build, repair, or discard the relationships of their youth, to stay stuck in or break free of the roles they played as children.